Radiator



A. PERSSO N RADIATOR Filed May 22, `,1924

i Patented June 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON PERSSON, F CHARLEROI, YIENl\'SYIVA'NIA.

RADIATOR.

Application filed May 22, 1924. Serial No. 715,066.

To all whom it may concer/n.:

Be it known that l, `ANTON PEnssoN, a citizen Ot Sweden, residing at Charleroi, in the county Ot Washington and State Ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sheet metal radiators and one object is to providesuch a radiator that is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and eificient in operation. A further Object is to provide such a radiator formed of a plurality of sections adjustably secured togethl5 er at top and bottom, each section compris* `ing twin portions welded together along their margins.

More specifically the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts tO be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and `in which- Fig. 1 is a tace view of One radiator section showing, in section, the square portion of the adjusting screws.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a radia tor, partly in section, constructed according to my present invention.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts in both views.

Each radiator section is formed of the sheet metal halves 1, 2 welded together along their margins, each half being formedV 55 with the upperand lower bosses 3, 4 each formed wlth an opening 5 to permit circulation of the heating element. Each metal halt is formed, further, with upper and lower square perforations 6 tO receive and retain the square portion 7 of the adjusting 40 screws 8 the heads 9 of which are disposed inside the radiator sections and the thread ed ends of the screws extending toward each other between the radiator sections and being threaded in opposite directions and OOn- Vnected by the turnbuckles 10.

The adjacent halves of successive radiator sections are connected at top and bottom by the adjusting screws and turnbuokles described whereby adjustment may be made at top Or bottom, or top and bottom, when desired Or necessary, to take care of expansion Or contraction of the metal during the dierent seasons of the year, to prevent leakage between the sections, etc.

What is claimed is In a radiator, a plurality Of sections each comprising halves welded together along their margins, each half being formed with upper `and lower square perforations.v ad- 50 justingscrews formed with square shoulders disposed in the said square perforations, and a turnbuckle connecting the reversely threaded ends of said screws.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 55 as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

ANTON PERssON. Witnesses GnoRIsBnoK, J. E. GARBUTT. 

